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Pete’s Analog Writing Tools
This article first appeared in The Working Margins, our newsletter. In Episode 4, Pete and Bryan talked about two of the various software tools in a writer’s toolbox: Scrivener and Microsoft Word. There are many apps out there for writing, but some of us still kick it old school with the books. To wit, the…
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Learning More from Critiquing Others
This article first appeared in The Working Margins, our newsletter. One of the many topics we touched on in Working Writers #3 was the idea of learning from critiquing others. This likely doesn’t occur to most new writers, and we wanted to delve a little deeper into it. The basic idea is that it’s easier to learn—and…
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On Avoiding Info Dumps
This article first appeared in The Working Margins, our newsletter. In Episode 2, Bryan and Pete unpacked the issues caused by “info dumping” (clunky expositions that clutter the page). Here are some thoughts on smoother, more natural ways of weaving information into the story you’re telling. Leverage your dialogue. One of dialogue’s best qualities is…
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Meet Pete Aldin
This article first appeared in The Working Margins, our newsletter. Like many authors, the roots of Pete Aldin’s storytelling lie in his younger years. His adolescence saw him penning song lyrics, comedy skits and fan fic. But it wasn’t until his 40th birthday that Pete took the writing part of his self seriously and began…
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Meet Bryan Chaffin
This article first appeared in The Working Margins, our newsletter. Bryan began his writing career as editor-in-chief of The Mac Observer, a role he fulfilled for 23 years. During that long run, he tech edited, contributed to, co-wrote, and wrote several For Dummies… titles. But the sweet siren song of fiction always called him, and he published his…
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